tips and tricks :p

[Johnny Patches]

no mesh is safe j/k..
there isnt any part you cant take off a mesh
it keeps the original physique
i've added a few pics.. to help



click on the mesh
you want to remove everything from the mesh but the item yo want to keep
then scroll to the NiTriShapeData on the same mesh
open it up youll see a few columns like Vertices, Normals, Triangles, (my Best Friends)
open the triangle and pay attetion to the display screen so you dont remove the wrong triangle..change the numbers to zero on the triangles you dont want..and leave the ones want alone..this will take alot of time.

after you completed your task click on the mesh it self with you right mouse buttom
go to
mesh/ Prune triangles
repeat it again but
go to
mesh/ remove duplicate vertices
save your done

[Blkcasanova247]

Hey Johnny...good job man...I think that you might actually be inspiring me to start skoping again.

[Johnny Patches]

miss you guys, you are the ones that got me started..
i mean all the good skopers are gone like
style, The_Baroness, bevo, Carravaggio, miguelyanke, detourne_me, too many to list man
feel the   

[style]

Um where did I go?

[Vertex]

It's a new day...

Where's my new tip?


Yes I plan to suck you dry of info 

[Johnny Patches]

It's a new day...

Where's my new tip?


Yes I plan to suck you dry of info 

dont bet on sea biskit in the 4th
but i do have a easier and faster way to add gloss and reflect

[Blkcasanova247]

Really? Do tell!

[Vertex]

It's a new day...

Where's my new tip?


Yes I plan to suck you dry of info 

dont bet on sea biskit in the 4th
but i do have a easier and faster way to add gloss and reflect

really? you mean there's a mesh that doesn't come with that built in????

[Zivon23]

It's a new day...

Where's my new tip?


Yes I plan to suck you dry of info 

dont bet on sea biskit in the 4th
but i do have a easier and faster way to add gloss and reflect

really? you mean there's a mesh that doesn't come with that built in????

Early mitten meshes.....duh!   

[Johnny Patches]

i like mittens they keep my hands warm too  (when there not in my wifes pocket) 
quite a few of byd older meshes also, some of the old great classics that some people still use.
this does not only work on meshes but objects too.
ive even created my own personal custom vehicles with gloss and reflec
nice to see a nice shiney bike and car strutting down the streets of freedom force with kool ars chacters on or in them and somesweet damges ive done for them too.
i do alot of importing & exporting in obj nifskope also..
and when importing it loses the gloss and reflect
just cut and paiste be done with it..
what it show in skope tutie would take me about 20 to 25 mins.
i figured out how to do it in about 2 mins or less. 
i been really busy with home/ work/.. and less time on the computer.. but ill post tutie the week end hopeful
if anyone has a tip to post be my guess.. all im trying to do is help others to get started in skopen.. this could be a skope tutie list of some kind.

[miguelyanke]

miss you guys, you are the ones that got me started..
i mean all the good skopers are gone like
style, The_Baroness, bevo, Carravaggio, miguelyanke, detourne_me, too many to list man
feel the   

Good skoper me? NAH!!! XD

I'm still here reading but not doing U^_^... I have a lot of skopes to upload but i have no time beging uploading them into my web so, i need to finish my exams to retourn with FF.

Good Tuto  JP

[Johnny Patches]

Um where did I go?

dunno where are you my brother from another mother.. 

Good skoper me? NAH!!! XD

I'm still here reading but not doing U^_^... I have a lot of skopes to upload but i have no time beging uploading them into my web so, i need to finish my exams to retourn with FF.

Good Tuto  JP

hey buddy.. dropped in to say hola? thanks about the tuto i hope i can add more..

[Vertex]

I require a "tip of the day"

Many of my old parts are fairly easy to export and reimport into max...

However those that are actually single sided with the "double sided" option selected in max, (so things like a helmet looks like it has an interior when it doesn't) get really screwed up on import. Could you perhaps tell an unwise one if there is a way to turn that off on an object in skope before exporting the object therefore avoiding the prob?

[Johnny Patches]

you have the max pluggin for nifkope?
niskope does have a mesh smooth ive used plenty of times to fix what max screwed up. well i dont think it screwed it up just dont read what skope exports properly on import/export..
im at work now but when i get home ill pm you on this.. it can be fixed really

[Vertex]

you have the max pluggin for nifkope?
niskope does have a mesh smooth ive used plenty of times to fix what max screwed up. well i dont think it screwed it up just dont read what skope exports properly on import/export..
im at work now but when i get home ill pm you on this.. it can be fixed really

of course I have the .nif import tool... I'm rebuilding my library from scratch...

I'm crazy, megalomaniacal, overbearing, stubborn, and some even say an a@@... but I"m not stupid 

[yell0w_lantern]

And you're trying to take over the world on top of all that.

[daglob]

Everyone needs a hobby...

[cmdrkoenig67]

It's a new day...

Where's my new tip?

Yes I plan to suck you dry of info 

dont bet on sea biskit in the 4th
but i do have a easier and faster way to add gloss and reflect

Please share that easier gloss/reflect Skope tip when you get a chance...I find it difficult to do.

Dana

[Johnny Patches]

I used byd's hawkeye mesh for example and male basic effects
this tricks work on any object and obj files also

1. open both windows as shown go to the male basic efftecs



2. on male basic effects you want to go block/copy branch on nitexturingproperty
as shown



3. go back to hawkeye mesh go to main mesh then editable mesh open it
properties open it go to #145 (nitexturingproperty) click right mouse
you are going to block/paiste branch right on it.. as shown
*note the numbers are not always the same on the nitexturingproperty*

4. click the window it self with right mouse botton
then go sanitize/reorder block. X marks the spot..



5. scroll to the very bottom with right mouse botton click on the nitexturingproperty
go to block/remove branch as shown save your done..
you can rename the male_basic.tga  male_basic_reflect.tga male_basic_gloss.tga
to whant ever name you want by double click right on the names..
i did mine to hawkeye.tga hawkeye_reflect.tga hawkeye_gloss.tga

[cmdrkoenig67]

Thank you, JP...I'll give it a try.

Dana

[harvey danger]

no more?   

[cmdrkoenig67]

Hey JP....All of your tip pics are gone, it kind of renders the tips only partly useful.  What happened to all of your images?

Dana

[Johnny Patches]

ok i import the nif
like this..
character file 1st

animations
check import animations
check add keynotes
check add tag time

skeleton
check import skeleton

geometry
check vertex colors
check skin modifier
check auto smooth mesh
check remove illiegle faces

miscellaneous
check flip UV
check render texures in view

.... now the KF import 2nd
like this

check keynotes
check add time tags.. and wella there you go..
importeted
you'll need nif importer by nif skope